Ear cleaner



Nov. 8, 1932. G ADAMS 1,887,003

EAR CLEANER Filed April 22, 1931 {90 2- 45 e vfdams'.

Patented Nov. 8, 1932 Fries GEORGE ADAMS, F MAPLECREST, NEW YORK EAR CLEANER Application filed April 22, 1931. Serial No. 532,059.

This invention relates to an improved ear angles to the arms 2 and 4 which are also in cleaning device and one object of the invenalignment with each other, the arms extendtion is to provide a device of this character ing transversely of an arm to be used and the by use of which wax or other obstructions arm extending in alignment therewith may .5 may be removed from the canal of a persons be employed as a handle for holding the im- 55 car Without danger of injuring the walls of plement W e thrus g the arm n se in the ear canal or puncturing the ear drum. a persons ear.

Another object of the invention is to so In view of the fact that the device is formed form the device that it may be very easily Ofa wire strand circular in cross section and held in a persons hand when in use and the each arm has a rounded outer end, portion, 60 portion thrust into the ear guided and easily sharp corners will be eliminated and there moved in order to detach wax and extract will be no danger of penetrating or scraping th am fr m th ar, the walls of the ear channel and also no dan- Another object of the invention is to proger 0f puncturing a persons ear drum when vide an article of this character which is very using the device. The arms extended at right 65 simple in its construction and may be very angles to an arm in use and projecting from cheaply produced. opposite sides thereof will also serve very The invention is illustrated'in the accomeffectively as stops to engage a persons ear panying drawing wherein and limit the extent to which the arm in use Figure 1 is a plane view of one form of car 'may be thrust into a persons ear. Therefore cl an r, 1 there will be no danger of the arm being Figure 2 is an edge view of the ear cleaner thrust inwardly into a persons ear too far shown in Figure 1, with. resulting likelihood of injury to an ear Figure 3 is a view similar to Figural of drum. p a modified form of ear cleaner, and In Figure 3 there has been shown a slightly 75 Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in plan modified construction. The device illustrated of an ear cleaner formed of sheet material in this figure is somewhat similar to that instead of wire. shown in Figure 1 and is also formed of a The ear cleaner shown in Figures 1 and 2 wire strand which is circular in cross secis preferably formed of a wire strand which tion. This strand is bent to form an arm 6 89 may be of any diameter found suitable in corresponding to one of the arms shown in order to impart sufficient rigidity to the Figure l and is then bent to form arms 7 and cleaner. '8 projecting from opposite sides of the arms 6 This wire strand is bent to form a pluraland ends of the strand welded or otherwise ity of arms 1, 2, 3 and 4, each of which is secured to each other as shown at 9. It will U-shaped When viewed as shown in Figure 1 thus be seen that in this form the implement and the ends of the wire strand are welded has only three arms instead of four. It or otherwise firmly united as shown at 5. should also be noted that thearm 7 is a great The arms of the improved implement are deal, shorter than the arm 6 and the arm 8 is preferably of different lengths and may be shorterthan the arm 7. The arms 7 and 8 all of the same width or different widths, have also been shown narrower than the arm each arm being provided with an opening or 6 so that they may be inserted into ear chanpassage, as shown. Therefore when wax is nels too small to receive the arm 6. to be removed from a persons car, an arm In Figure I there has been illustrated an of the proper length and width may be'seother embodiment of the invention in which lected, according to whether wax is to be rethe device is formed of sheet material which moved from a childs ear or a grown persons, may be metal or any other material desired. and also according to the size of the car This device which is indicated in general by opening. In view of the fact that the arms the numeral 10 may have three, four, or any 1 and 3 are aligned and extend at right other-number of arms 11 desired. The outer end of the arm is rounded so as to form a blunt end corresponding in shape to the ends of the arms shown in Figures 1 and 3 and an opening or passage 12 is formed in the free end portion of the arm through Which Wax may pass when scraped loose from a persons ear. It will thus be seen that a device constructed as shown in Figure 4 will be substantially the same as those shown in Figures 1 and 3 except that it is formed of sheet material instead of a wire strand.

WVhat is claimed is:

1. An ear cleaner comprising companion arms having their inner ends united and their outer ends rounded and each formed with a passage through its outer end portion, certain of said arms extending transversely of another arm from opposite sides thereof and constituting a handle for the same.

2. An ear cleaner comprising companion arms having their inner ends united, said arms being arranged in pairs and the arms of each pair projecting from opposite sides of arms of the other pair and constituting a handle for the same.

8. An ear cleaner comprising companion arms having their inner ends united and their outer ends rounded and each formed with a passage through its outer end portion, each arm extending transversely of another arm and projecting from a side thereof to constitute a handle for the same and limit inward movement thereof when thrust into an ear.

4. An ear cleaner comprising a strand bent to form a plurality of U-shaped arms, certain of said arms extending transversely of another arm and projecting from opposite sides thereof.

5. An ear cleaner comprising a strand bent to form a plurality of U-shaped arms arranged in pairs, the arms of each pair being disposed in opposed relation to each other and projecting from opposite sides of the arms of another pair.

6. An ear cleaner comprising a body por tion having a plurality of arms extending therefrom and disposed at an angle to each other, the outer ends of said arms being rounded and provided with passages.

7. An ear cleaner comprising a body portion having a plurality of arms extending laterally therefrom and disposed at an angle to each other, said arms being of different lengths and widths and having their outer ends rounded and provided with passages.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE ADAMS. 14 s.] 

